lyric

  • (s) expressing deep emotion
    • the dancer's lyrical performance
    lyrical,
  • (a) used of a singer or singing voice that is light in volume and modest in range
    • a lyric soprano
  • (a) relating to or being musical drama
    • the lyric stage
  • (a) of or relating to a category of poetry that expresses emotion (often in a songlike way)
    • lyric poetry

Nouns

  • (n) the text of a popular song or musical-comedy number
    • his compositions always started with the lyrics
    • he wrote both words and music
    • the song uses colloquial language
    words, language,
  • (n) a short poem of songlike quality lyric poem,

Verbs

  • (v) write lyrics for (a song)

Synonyms

lyrical words language lyric poem

Antonyms

dramatic

Words of close approximity

Lyra lyre
lyrical lyricality lyrically lyricism lyricist lyric poem